The beautiful bird that carries happiness - Metlink "Blue Bird"

Blue Bird is the work of the Belgian writer and founder of symbolist theater, Maurice Maeterlink, who won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature shortly after the completion of the book, and the jury "appreciated his multifaceted literary activities, especially the rich imagination and poetic fantasy of his works." ”

The two protagonists in the book, Titiel and Mittier, are the children of a woodcutter. On Christmas Eve they had a dream: a fairy named Belle Luna came and entrusted them with the search for a blue bird for her little granddaughter, for she was so ill that only this sacred bird could heal her.

So they entered another world accompanied by cats, dogs, and spirits of various things (sugar, bread, fruit), and searched for the blue bird under the guidance of the god of light. They have endured countless hardships in the Land of Memory, the Palace of the Night, the Garden of Happiness, the Cemetery and the Kingdom of the Future, in the temple of the God of Light, but the blue bird has always gained and lost, and in the end it has not been found.

They had to go home, and when they woke up in the morning, the neighbor, Mrs. Berberlango, came to ask for Christmas gifts for her sick child, and Titil had to give her her beloved dove. Unexpectedly, at this time, the dove turned blue and became a "blue bird". The girl in Xianju was also well.

The story is full of childlike fun and fantasy, and in the process of the protagonist's search for the blue bird, people finally know that the true meaning of happiness lies in self-sacrifice and giving to others.

Happiness exists in every detail of life. In the sun, in the air, in the flow of time, everywhere is full of happiness that people have not discovered. Life itself is bliss, and happiness is always around you.

Maurice Maeterlink once said: "The blue bird" is "blue bird" not only because of its preciousness and beauty, but also because it represents the eternal happiness and simplicity of human beings. I believe that in the heart of each of us there will be a beautiful pure land, where happiness is carried, where the beautiful "blue bird" is carried.

"Blue Bird" also holds a beautiful fantasy: life will not die or disappear, but will continue forever, and the dead will live happily in another place.